You could do worse - Mental Health Therapist Pacific Clinics Employee Review

3.0
Oct 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

They actually do seem to care about mental health students, trainees, and interns. For one, they actually pay them. After that, no one aspires to stay a full-time therapist or a team supervisor. 95% will leave once licensed and team supervisors will grin and bear it until they're upper management or can get a higher-paying job elsewhere. Other Pros: 4 weeks vacation, 10 holidays, ample training and CEUs.

Cons

All the stuff typical of contract agencies--half the job is CYA paperwork thru a byzantine EMC that no one will ever read unless there's an audit or a liability concern (and you're doing it during the 1.5 hours a day that aren't devoted to clients, supervision, trainings, and meetings. There's nothing romantic about the job. Supposedly lots of people like the services and benefit from them...just none of your clients. Unfortunately all sorts of medical, social service, and carceral systems have linked themselves to big public mental health (which runs off of unlicensed labor), so the the clients least likely to benefit from therapy are helped by the clinicians least likely to help them.

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Pros

Great work life balance and family orientated.

Cons

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Great learning experiences, opportunities to network and develop professionally, ample training opportunities, competitive benefits for industry, and good 401k matching.

Cons

Unrealistic productivity expectations, processes, and policies are constantly changing, frequent driving, and poor mileage reimbursement rates. Some programs are misleading about role responsibilities during the interview process.

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